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E. N. CUNNINGHAM SHOE.

Patented Nov. 15, 18.87.

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UNlTED STATES PATENT OFFIca ELEANOR N. OUNNIhTGHAM, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

SHOE.

SPECIFICATION To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELEANOR N. CUNNING- HAM, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio,have invented a new and useful Improvement-in Shoes, of which thefollowingis a specification.

My invention relates to the class of overshoes commonly known as indiarubber overshoes, that are made low in front and at the sides, and,having no strap or other means of fastening across'the instep or aroundthe ankle of the wearer, depend mainly on the elasticity of the materialof which they are made to keep them in place. It is well known that suchshoes after some use'are apt to become loose and to slip down and offthe heel, and thus become detached from the foot. My invention isintended to obviate this difficulty. I do this by-the means illustratedin the accompanying drawing, which is a perspective view of a rubberovershoe of the class above mentioned, and in which the letterAindicates the strap or band herein-below described.

I make the shoe with an attaching strap or band of like material andintegral with the.

shoe at the top of the quarters or heel portion thereof, and shorterthan the heel pori'orming part of Letters Patent No. 373,054, datedNovember 15, 1887.

' Application filed January 27, 18%]. Serial No.

225,732. (No model.)

tions, so that in use the strap is adapted to pass around the rear ofand clasp the hollow of the ankle of the wearer. just above theprojecting part of the heel, and is attached to the body of the shoe ateach side of the ankle. The shoe is applied to the foot in the ordinaryway, by simply drawing the same on; and the effect of the strap is,-thatas the heel part of the shoe tends to slip comes tightenedand resistsand prevents the shoe coming off.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

An overshoe of the class herein described, with an attaching strap orband of like material and integral with the body of the shoe at the topof the heel portion thereof, and shorter than the heel portion, so thatin use the strap is adapted to pass around the rear of and clasp thehollow of the ankle of the wearer just above the projecting part of theheel, substantially as and for the purpose herein described and shown.

ELEANOR N. CUNNINGHAM.

Witnesses:

WM. R. Hones, EMMA E. KOEHLER.

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